Helen Hunt

Biography

Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Hunt rose to fame in 1992, portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Lead Actress. In 1997, Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as Carol Connelly in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets, while her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in The Sessions (2012), gained her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include Twister (1996), Cast Away (2000), What Women Want (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Bobby (2006), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Miracle Season (2018). Hunt made her directorial film debut with Then She Found Me (2007), and has directed the film Ride (2014), and episodes of television series, including House of Lies, This Is Us, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Housewife, and the premiere episode of the Mad About You revival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Hunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Jo

Twister

Beth Bodell

Peggy Sue Got Married

Rose Pondell

Bob Roberts

Arlene McKinney

Pay It Forward

Tracy Calder

Rollercoaster

Betty Ann Fitzgerald

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Darcy McGuire

What Women Want

Samantha Stevens

Bobby

Carol Connelly

As Good as It Gets

Bree Davis

Dr. T & the Women

Leena

Trancers

Bev Kilmartin

Kiss of Death

Kelly Frears

Cast Away

April Epner

Then She Found Me

Jessie Gates

Next of Kin

Lena Deth

Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth

Jenny Wells

Bill: On His Own

Lena (archive footage)

Aliens Gone Wild

Stella Erlynne

A Good Woman

Anna

The Waterdance

Cheri Hamilton

Soul Surfer

Jeannie

Every Day

Lynne Stone

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Clare Enfield

Only You

Teri Macdonald

Project X

Lena

Trancers 3: Deth Lives

Kristina Matchett

The Spell

Self

Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"

Jennifer

Miles from Home

Debbie Markham

Sweet Revenge

(voice)

Chicken Little

Princess Henrietta

The Frog Prince

Jess (voice)

Jock the Hero Dog

Tracey

Shooter

Annie Wells

Mr. Saturday Night

Janice Hurley

Transplant

Sandy Cameron

Desperate Lives

Tami Maida

Quarterback Princess

Cheryl

The Sessions

Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)

The Easter Story

Pamela Smart

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

Blossom

Into the Badlands

Lizzie Eaton

Angel Dusted

Naomi

Child Bride of Short Creek

Mary-Claire King

Decoding Annie Parker

Sarah Sargeant

Pioneer Woman

Leena (Trancers sequence)

Pulse Pounders

Self (archive footage)

United We Fan

Lena

Trancers: City of Lost Angels

Self

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Tower Stories

Claire

In Cold Light

Pamela Smart (archive footage)

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

Scarlett

A Patriot

Jackie

Ride

Hope Wyatt

Stealing Home

Gina Pulasky

In the Company of Darkness

Mary (voice)

The Nativity

Rene

Sexual Healing

Kathy Miller

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

Kathy Bresnahan

The Miracle Season

Jesse McCandless

Incident at Dark River

Aura Topher

I Love You, Daddy

Kathy

Candy Jar

Cathy

Choices of the Heart

Jackie Harper

I See You

The Yoga Master

Wide-Awake

Ethel Bromley

The Night Clerk

Susan Lindsay

All Together Now

Phoebe

I Think I'm Having A Baby

Viola & Cesario

Twelfth Night

Self

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

Teila Rodriguez

Death Scream

Lucinda

How It Ends

Sharon McNamara

Having Babies

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-06-15

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

헬렌 헌트